CCSD Student Delegates to the School Board Begin Year of Service

From left, front: Lavanya Shankar, Samantha “Sam” Stahler, Sophia Foisy; back: Andrew Hammond, Alex Johnson, Will Rusbridge, Zahira Ambriz-Villela.

The Cherokee County Student Delegates to the School Board this week began their year of service!

These outstanding high school seniors serve for one year to give input and feedback to the School Board and to the Superintendent of Schools and her senior staff.

The Delegates attend all School Board meetings as student representatives, and their first School Board meeting in this role was Thursday evening.

Prior to the School Board meeting, they met with Superintendent of Schools Mary Elizabeth Davis to learn about more about how their role can help CCSD elevate the excellence.

The School Board has included a Student Advisor position on its board since 1999, and, for the past 14 years, a Student Delegate from each high school also has been selected. New this school year is the inclusion of a delegate from i-Grad Virtual Academy, CCSD’s online high school.

The advisor role is rotated among the district's high schools, and this year’s Student Advisor is Samantha “Sam” Stahler of Etowah High School. The Student Delegates are: Will Rusbridge of Cherokee High School; Andrew Hammond of Creekview High School; Alex Johnson of i-Grad Virtual Academy; Lavanya Shankar of River Ridge High School; Zahira Ambriz-Villela of Sequoyah High School; and Sophia Foisy of Woodstock High School.

Learn more about each of them online here.

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